Survey after survey reveals that many Coloradans find the U.S. government too big, too wasteful and too intrusive. Yet Colorado is arguably one of the most federally subsidized states in the Union, with forests, national parks, military bases and research labs enjoying government largesse. Dr. Thomas Cronin of Colorado College, author of Colorado Politics and.... Read More

Pick up a pencil and spark your creative interests in these informal writing sessions. With the help of a Denver Art Museum instructor, try your hand at a new writing topic every month, while visiting various museum galleries. Meet on level 1 of the Hamilton Building. November 22: Rock (and Silence) As fall descends upon.... Read More

Get ready for holiday baking by designing and 3D-printing your own custom cookie cutter using cookiecaster.com! DISCLAIMER: 3D printers are slow - you may not be able to leave with your print immediately, but the library will print out all creations as quickly as possible! More info: https://www.denverlibrary.org/event?id=27945

Some places that are OPEN: Denver Zoo, Denver Museum of Nature & Science (9a - 3p) Some places that are CLOSED: Denver Public Library, Clyfford Still Museum, History Colorado Center, Denver Art Museum, Denver Botanic Gardens, Museum of Contemporary Art, Molly Brown House

Free yourself from shopping stress and #opt4art on Friday, November 25, at the beautiful, relaxing Clyfford Still Museum. Gather your nearest and dearest for free admission all day, 10 a.m.–8 p.m. Whether or not you’re heading to Downtown Denver’s “Light the Lights” Grand Illumination event, swing by and experience Clyfford Still: The Works on Paper, the Museum's largest exhibition to.... Read More

Woohoo!! Black Sheep Fridays is back at MCA Denver for its 7th season of sophisticated nonsense, bringing museum quality malarky to the masses. Every other Friday through January 20, 2017, head to the rooftop cafe at the MCA for happy hour 5p - 7p and a delightfully weird mashup program 6p - 8p. Arrive early as.... Read More

A tradition at Little Man Ice Cream, the annual holiday tree lighting invites the community to gather together for holiday fun in the Highlands. More info: http://www.littlemanicecream.com/event/highlands-tree-lighting/

One of the holiday season’s longest running traditions, the 9NEWS Light the Lights event takes place at the City & County Building, where 585 energy-efficient LED lights and more than 2,000 feet of LED rope lights will once again transform the structure into one of the most popular holiday lighting displays in the region. Performances.... Read More

Clyfford Still’s artistic language embraces vocabulary from the figurative to the highly gestural and from the representational to the graphic and abstract. Many of these features have correlations in music and sound. Based on these ideas, composer Nathan Hall, along with an ensemble of musicians, will perform a series of short musical compositions derived from.... Read More

One Screening Only! Saturday, November 26th at 1pm. Music: Dmitri Shostakovich Choreography: Alexei Ratmansky Libretto: Adrian Piotrovsky and Fyodor Lopukhov Cast: Svetlana Lunkina (Zina), Mikhail Lobukhin (Pyotr), Maria Alexandrova (the Ballerina), Ruslan Skvortsov (the Ballet Dancer), Denis Savin (the Accordionist), Alexei Loparevich (the Old Dacha Dweller) During harvest festival at a collective farm, a visiting.... Read More